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John Dennis Hastert ( / ˈhæstərt /; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician, educator, convicted felon and child sex offender who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. [1]
Sep 15, 2021 · YORKVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and a man who accused him of child sexual abuse reached a tentative out-of-court settlement Wednesday over Hastert’s refusal to pay the man $1.8 million — the outstanding balance in hush money that the Illinois Republican agreed to pay.
Apr 28, 2016 · CHICAGO — J. Dennis Hastert, once among the nation’s most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in prison for illegally structuring bank transactions in an effort to ...
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Sep 16, 2021 · Hastert, once the highest-ranking evangelical in the Republican Party, was accused of failing to pay about half of the $3.5 million he promised in exchange for the silence of a man he sexually...
Apr 11, 2024 · Dennis Hastert, American Republican politician who served (1987–2007) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007. In 2016 he pled guilty to violating bank laws and publicly admitted to having sexually abused teenaged boys several decades earlier.
Jun 22, 2016 · The former Illinois Republican, who was the nation's longest-serving speaker, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for hush-money payments to a victim of his sexual abuse. He pleaded guilty in April and will be treated at a Minnesota prison for his health issues. He will also face sex-offender treatment and a lie-detector test.
Sep 15, 2021 · CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert was for years known primarily for rising from political obscurity in rural Illinois to spending eight years in the nation’s third-highest office. Then came a federal indictment in a hush-money case centered on sex abuse allegations.
